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Today's Apps Gone Free: WebCamera, Kingdom Rush, Flick Champions HD And More

September 20, 2012

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a mobile webcam with today's AppBump featured app, WebCamera. We also have a highly acclaimed fixed-path tower defense game to sink your time into, and a flick-based sports arcade game from Chillingo.

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iPhone:

Go Pedometer ($0.99 → Free, 9.3 MB): Find out just how far you travel on your feet in a day with this health and fitness app. Go Pedometer utilizes an advanced SmartStep technology to accurately detect the steps you have taken. Just launch the app, start a new session, and then put your iDevice in your pocket. The app will count your steps, the distance you have traveled, the calories you have burned, and the amount of time you have spent on your feet. It also includes the ability to play music while walking, history, and metric and imperial unit support.

Go Pedometer is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 100 ratings.

Healthy Habits Premium (a health, happiness & wellness app) ($4.99 → Free, 17.0 MB): Make positive changes to your health and your life with this healthcare app. It helps you keep track of all of your positive habits while also reminding you when you are past due. The app includes an unlimited number of habits, customizable reminders, the ability to chart and share your progress, motivational quotes, and the ability to backup your data via Dropbox.

Healthy Habits Premium (a health, happiness & wellness app) is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 124 ratings.

Drink In My Hand – Track and Calculate Beer, Wine, Martini & Shot Alcohol Beverage Content ($2.99 → Free, 1.0 MB): Keep track of the amount of alcoholic beverages you consume on a night out on the town with this lifestyle app. Just enter your gender, weight, and metabolism before heading out, and then record each drink you consume by choosing from a list of over 400. The app will automatically calculate your blood alcohol level along with your calorie, carb, and drink totals. The app also includes Facebook integration, state drinking laws, and the ability to find a cab.

Drink In My Hand – Track and Calculate Beer, Wine, Martini & Shot Alcohol Beverage Content is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.

Kingdom Rush ($0.99 → Free, 148.7 MB): Save the kingdom from the forces of darkness in this highly acclaimed fixed-path tower defense game. You're able to place four basic towers along the path to defend your kingdom. Certain towers work better against certain units, so you must customize your strategy based on the approaching enemies. The game includes 45 enemy types, eight specialized tower upgrades, 18 tower abilities, boss battles, an in-game encyclopedia, the ability to command your ground forces, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Kingdom Rush is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1338 ratings. Universal:

Flick Champions HD ($0.99 → Free, 55.2 MB): Flick your way to stardom in this sports arcade game from Chillingo. You're able to participate in eight different sports using intuitive tap and flick controls. You can also challenge AI-controlled opponents or take on a friend locally on the same device. The game includes eight sports with tournament and exhibition modes for each, three difficulty settings, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Flick Champions HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 547 ratings.

WebCamera ($2.99 → Free, 2.2 MB): Turn your iPhone or iPad into a mobile webcam with this productivity app. You must first install the free companion software on your Mac or PC. Then when you launch WebCamera on your iPhone or iPad, it will automatically search, discover, and sync up with your computer. The app includes audio support, three resolution options, and the ability to capture individual frames or the whole stream. It also works great with Skype, Google+, AIM, Windows Live Messenger, ICQ, and Yahoo!

WebCamera is available for free today only (09/20). It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 41 ratings.

Tiny Defense ($2.99 → Free, 135.1 MB): Green Planet, the home of the peaceful lifeforms known as Minirobots, has been invaded by an army of evil machines. It's up to you to save the Minirobots' beautiful planet by strategically setting up your defenses in this 2D tower defense game. You can place units almost anywhere in the side-view grid, just as long as you place ground units on the ground and air units in the air. The game includes 40 robot types, five environments, 150 levels, 30 mini-games, and achievements via Game Center.

Tiny Defense is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 6005 ratings.

Pile ($0.99 → Free, 4.7 MB): This minimalistic puzzle game requires you to match colored blocks to keep the screen clear and score big combos. Colored blocks line up at the top of the screen in sets of two. You can swap blocks within their sets and slide them left and right to match them with the blocks below. But keep in mind that the clock is ticking, and if you don't place your blocks before time expires, a new row will automatically be added to the screen. The game includes four power-ups, and leaderboards via Game Center.

Pile is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Fast Camera ($2.99 → Free, 5.7 MB): As its name indicates, this is one fast camera. The moment you launch Fast Camera it will begin snapping photos at a blistering pace (up to 800 per minute!). After you have stopped the camera, you can look through each shot and save only the ones you want in order to conserve space. You can also use Fast Camera as an everyday camera by disabling auto-on. The app includes eight time-interval options, front and back camera support, and the ability to manually control white balance, focus, and exposure by triple-tapping the screen.

Fast Camera is available for free today only (09/20). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 41 ratings.

Moshi Monsters: Moshlings ($0.99 → Free, 42.8 MB): The perfect companion app for any Moshi Monsters fan. Moshlings are itty bitty creatures that Moshi Monsters love collecting. You can learn all about these tiny creatures and customize them with 100 scalable stickers. Your unique creations can then be saved to your photo library and used in any way you like. The app also includes secret codes, allowing you to catch Moshlings for your Moshi Monsters at MoshiMonsters.com.

Moshi Monsters: Moshlings is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 322 ratings.

Book Boom ($0.99 → Free, 29.0 MB): A puzzle game that proves sorting books can actually be fun and entertaining. Your job is to put all of the books back in order as quickly as possible. Just tap on a book you want to move and then tap on the spot where you want it to go. Some books also need to be flipped before being sorted. The game includes three modes, customizable hands, shelves, and wallpapers, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Book Boom is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

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Mentioned apps

Free
Go Pedometer
Black Block
Free
Healthy Habits Premium (a health, happiness & wellness app)
2Morrow Mobile
Free
Drink In My Hand – Track and Calculate Beer, Wine, Martini & Shot Alcohol Beverage Content
Fun Touch Apps, LLC
Free
Kingdom Rush
Armor Games Inc
Free
Flick Champions HD
Chillingo Ltd
Free
WebCamera
SHAPE GmbH
Free
Tiny Defense
Picsoft Studio
Free
Pile
Nuage touch
Free
Fast Camera
i4software
Free
Moshi Monsters: Moshlings
Mind Candy Ltd
Free
Book Boom
Luckoo Games

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